{
  "name": "Niigata",
  "type": "city",
  "url": "https://snowingplaces.com/cities/niigata/",
  "summary": "City on the Sea of Japan coast, in Japan's classic snow country.",
  "location": {
    "country": "Japan",
    "region": "Niigata",
    "latitude": 37.92,
    "longitude": 139.04
  },
  "elevationMetres": {
    "city": 2
  },
  "factsVerified": false,
  "forecast": {
    "status": "out of season",
    "resumes": "November"
  },
  "snowRecord": {
    "metric": "average days per month with at least 1 cm of snowfall",
    "period": "2016–2025",
    "source": "ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo",
    "elevation": "city centre",
    "daysPerMonth": {
      "january": 13.2,
      "february": 9.2,
      "march": 2.1,
      "april": 0.4,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 0.7,
      "december": 8
    },
    "shareOfAnnualSnowfallPercent": {
      "january": 43,
      "february": 25,
      "march": 4,
      "april": 1,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 1,
      "december": 26
    },
    "averageDailyTemperatureC": {
      "january": {
        "low": 1.2,
        "high": 5.4
      },
      "february": {
        "low": 1.3,
        "high": 6.1
      },
      "march": {
        "low": 4,
        "high": 10.3
      },
      "april": {
        "low": 7.9,
        "high": 15
      },
      "may": {
        "low": 13.2,
        "high": 20.4
      },
      "june": {
        "low": 18.1,
        "high": 23.9
      },
      "july": {
        "low": 23,
        "high": 28.3
      },
      "august": {
        "low": 24.4,
        "high": 29.9
      },
      "september": {
        "low": 20.8,
        "high": 26.3
      },
      "october": {
        "low": 14.4,
        "high": 20
      },
      "november": {
        "low": 8.9,
        "high": 14.3
      },
      "december": {
        "low": 3.9,
        "high": 8.4
      }
    },
    "wintersAsPercentOfAverage": {
      "2016/17": 78,
      "2017/18": 174,
      "2018/19": 70,
      "2019/20": 28,
      "2020/21": 127,
      "2021/22": 124,
      "2022/23": 93,
      "2023/24": 80,
      "2024/25": 129,
      "2025/26": 97
    },
    "holidays": {
      "christmas": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 2,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 7
      },
      "newYear": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 4,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 9
      },
      "midFebruary": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 8,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 9
      },
      "easter": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 1
      },
      "midJuly": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      }
    },
    "note": "Absolute snowfall and depth are not published: ERA5 underestimates them in mountain terrain."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Niigata on Wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179691"
    },
    {
      "label": "Elevation from the Open-Meteo terrain model at the city centre coordinates",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/elevation-api"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://snowingplaces.com/methodology/",
  "attribution": "snowingplaces.com. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com."
}